"ELTON, a chapelry in the parish of Youlgreave, hundred of Wirksworth,
county Derby, 1 mile N.W. of Winster, its post town, and 6 miles S. of Bakewell. It is situated
at the base of Mouldridge Hill. Lead and small quantities of iron-ore are found here. The
living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £98, in the patronage of
the inhabitants. The church is a modern structure erected on the site of the old one, and is
dedicated to All Saints. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel, and also
schools. William Pole Thornhill, Esq., is lord of the manor. The tithes were commuted for land
under an Enclosure Act in 1809."